Prison sweep nets contraband

Aug. 18, 2012

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More than 350 state inmates have been removed from the Riverbend Detention Center in Lake Providence after drugs, cellphones, homemade knives and other contraband were found during a massive shakedown.

About 100 officers and 17 drug-sniffing dogs from various state correctional facilities conducted the shakedown. The team randomly drug tested 172 state inmates with 40 testing positive.

Those 40 inmates and nine others were removed immediately Thursday, and 310 more were removed from Riverbend on Friday. ...